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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007: E- ]( j: m/ p
6 _0 q7 Z4 w7 G, _EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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, t; S' ?5 E" d3 A; d$ @2 C- rThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.) @$ D* J+ S/ n0 q) |" O
: t$ Y4 A" F, [9 F“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.0 |/ e. g4 N z9 R9 J
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.2 ?, r1 t+ h' X( a( L: {2 ~6 \
$ X6 h+ u0 U2 _* w, K9 ^! T+ B5 [The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.' n$ j- Y6 M" U+ K- J
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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